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Show high pricbof meats iior Citizen, near Sir: yfe notlce of late, that men In the livestock business aro -complaining about the high cost of meat nt tho I butcher shops, whllo they, Tor somo time past hiive oocn 80,,lnK t,lc,r 8to I afoot at a considerably reduced figure, which ough't to havo a corresponding effect In reducing Its pr'co In tho ro-Itail ro-Itail meat markets. Obviously tho price or moatn at tho counters wlicro It Is retailed ought to irork on a sliding scale basis, and not u at present, remain nearly always at He amc prlco to tho goncral public. I Th'e higher tho price of moat Is, tho lets will l Us consumption, and with iocrcaso of consumption, comes reliction re-liction of prlco os well as demand I to the stockmon which no doubt Is the main causo of tjiclr present well. founded and Just complaints. Under tho conditions abova referred to. the consumer Is tho one who holds tho koy to remedy tho situation iti, following tho lead of Bomo other towns we should havo a local co. operation meat markot, wh'cre stock bought afoot could bo' butchered and sold to tho peoplo at a cost Just high Icnoogh to l'ay nil necessary cxpen- Biei. Hoping that something will bo done In tho near futuro to remedy this affair, which matorlally effects both consumer and producer, I rc-Intln rc-Intln yours for. fair play and n square dMl, OBSERVER. |